{"id":748506,"date":"2026-06-20T01:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748506\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:52:09","slug":"b-c-nurses-vote-67-to-reject-recently-negotiated-tentative-collective-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748506\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. nurses vote 67% to reject recently negotiated tentative collective agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              B.C. nurses vote 67% to reject recently negotiated tentative collective agreement<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 3:05 pm Friday, June 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>B.C.\u2019s nurses have voted to reject the <a href=\"https:\/\/todayinbc.com\/2026\/05\/22\/b-c-nurses-union-reaches-tentative-deal-for-new-collective-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tentative deal<\/a> negotiated between their union and the Health Employers\u2019 Association on May 22.<\/p>\n<p>The union\u2019s president said the vote \u2014 67 per cent of members rejected the deal \u2014 shows the \u201cfrustration\u201d members have with pressures facing the profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many nurses, this vote was about more than the terms of a collective agreement,\u201d BCNU President Adriane Gear said in a Friday afternoon (June 19) news release. \u201cIt is about having agency \u2013 about having the opportunity to make their voices heard and express their frustration, their tenacity and absolute resolve for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ten days before this deal was announced, <a href=\"https:\/\/todayinbc.com\/2026\/05\/12\/b-c-nurses-vote-98-2-in-favour-of-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">98.2 per cent<\/a> of the union\u2019s more than 50,000 members had voted to authorize job action.<\/p>\n<p>The tentative agreement would have provided members a 12-per-cent raise over four years (the same as other public sector unions) along with improvements to working conditions and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public sees crowded emergency departments, long waits for care and the challenges facing our health-care system,\u201d Gear said. \u201cNurses experience those pressures every shift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The union plans to begin engaging with members in the coming days to determine next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Josie Osborne said the government remains hopeful that the union and the employers\u2019 association can reach a deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we had hoped for a different outcome, we respect the decision of the members and the democratic process that led to this result,\u201d she said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>Osborne called this a \u201csensitive stage\u201d in the bargaining process, and said the government will respect the need for the two sides to have the time and space to continue their discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"B.C. nurses vote 67% to reject recently negotiated tentative collective agreement Published 3:05 pm Friday, June 19, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[903,49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-748506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}